p.bawit.clackson.80
[…]…ⲧⲓ ἐπιστολή ⲛⲏⲧⲛ ⲛϥⲧⲛⲟⲟⲩⲥ […] […]ⲁⲓ ⲛⲁⲓ ϫⲉ ⲣ…[…]ⲁⲛ…[…] […]ⲣ…ⲡⲁ…ⲁ… ⲁⲡⲁϩⲏⲧ ϩⲓⲥⲉ […] […]ⲙⲛⲛⲟⲩ …[…]… ϫⲉ ⲧ…ⲉ…[…] […] ⲧⲙⲙⲡϣⲁ ⲛⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲣⲟⲛ καί …[…] […]ⲁⲣⲟⲓ… ⲙⲛ ⲛⲉⲥϣⲏⲣⲉ […]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 118121
End of a letter mentioning a sent letter and children TM 118121BawitVIII
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Fragmentary end of a Coptic letter mentioning a letter that was sent, distress of heart, and someone's children. It comes from the monastery of Bawit and dates to the 8th century AD.
In English machine translation
[…] letter to you, and he sent it […]
[…] to me, saying […]
[…] my heart is troubled (?) […]
[…] with them (?) […] that […]
[…] we are not worthy to see us (?) and […]
[…] with her children […]
Only scattered phrases survive, so the sense of individual lines is uncertain. The phrase "not worthy to see" probably reflects a conventional humble expression about seeing the addressee.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as End of a letter). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.